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Thecamoeba aesculea n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Thecamoebidae), a Terrestrial Amoeba with Affinities to Th. sphaeronucleolus (Greeff, 1891)

Publication date: 2009

Acta Protozoologica, 2009, Volume 48, Issue 2, pp. 91 - 96

Authors

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Alexander Kudryavtsev
Research Group Protozoology, Institute of Biology/Zoology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Molecular Systematics Group, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Science, St-Petersburg State University, St-Petersburg, Russia
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Klaus Hausmann
Research Group Protozoology, Institute of Biology/Zoology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Thecamoeba aesculea n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Thecamoebidae), a Terrestrial Amoeba with Affinities to Th. sphaeronucleolus (Greeff, 1891)

Abstract

Thecamoeba aesculea n. sp. was isolated and described from the surface of the bark of Aesculus hippocastanum and from terrestrial mosses growing on it. This amoeba is superficially similar to Thecamoeba sphaeronucleolus, but comparison of the newly isolated strain with the photographs and video records of the type strain of this species reveals differences which show that the two strains do not belong to the same morphospecies. The data obtained indicate the necessity of further comparative studies on the diversity of thecamoebian ‘morphospecies’ to outline clearer borders between them.

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2009, Volume 48, Issue 2, pp. 91 - 96

Article type: Original article

Authors

Research Group Protozoology, Institute of Biology/Zoology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Molecular Systematics Group, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Science, St-Petersburg State University, St-Petersburg, Russia

Research Group Protozoology, Institute of Biology/Zoology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Published at: 2009

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Alexander Kudryavtsev (Author) - 50%
Klaus Hausmann (Author) - 50%

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